These flights have been going on for years...why the prospect of taking pictures of the sun makes them suddenly cool is beyond me. The actual science that has been coming out of the earlier flights, including ones around the Antarctic poles, is absolutely stunning and is worth a look if you are so inclined. Numerous publications are out there already, and you don't have to wait until 2009.
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These flights have been going on for years...why the prospect of taking pictures of the sun makes them suddenly cool is beyond me. The actual science that has been coming out of the earlier flights, including ones around the Antarctic poles, is absolutely stunning and is worth a look if you are so inclined. Numerous publications are out there already, and you don't have to wait until 2009.
I should have included this in the original post, it talks about both arctic and antarctic flights:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103063